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If you’ve been thinking about getting a backup laptop, either for yourself or one that’s easy for your kids to use, there’s a new kind that’s being heavily advertised. It’s called a Chromebook. Chromebooks fall between...

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee. The streaming service, called All Access, is available in...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and...

Google's stock price climbed above $900 a share for the first time as Wall Street waited to hear what the company will announce later Wednesday at its annual developers conference. The stock opened Wednesday at $895.75 and continued climbing. At last...

Google will be giving its keynote speech at 9 a.m. PDT Wednesday at its annual developers conference. The company is expected to reveal a number of new services and products, and you can watch the whole presentation online. The Silicon Valley giant...

Microsoft Corp. is planning a substantial update to make its touch-based Windows 8 software easier to use and compatible with smaller tablets. Despite sales of 100 million copies in the six months since launch, Windows 8 it has not captured consumers'...

* Sales on par with Windows 7, but consumer interest waning * Update code-named 'Blue' intended to improve experience, allow small tablets * Windows co-chief pushes touch laptops * Microsoft shares at five-year high By Bill Rigby SEATTLE, May 6...

More students in Highland Park and Deerfield high schools are using electronic textbooks because students and their families are already using several electronic devices — and school officials are studying the best way to provide adequate...

Microsoft, looking to catch up to rivals, could soon be putting out its own 7-inch tablet. The Wall Street Journal says the Redmond, Wash., company plans to launch a smaller version of its Surface tablet later this year.  The report, which cites...

Facebook Home officially launches on Friday, but a leaked beta version shows off some of the social network's latest mobile features. The Verge report shows the leak isn't the full version of the software and requires users to download three apps. The...

Residents in Austin, Texas may soon find out just how fast 1 gigabit Internet connection is like. Austin city officials and Google, which has been testing its ultra-fast Internet service called Fiber in Kansas City, have sent out invitations to an event...

Facebook Home is set to roll out this Friday, but an early version of the interface for Android devices has already surfaced on the Web -- and it appears to work with more smartphones than the ones included on the official list announced last week....